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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC77DAG14

1976-11-05 MCCARTHY, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N1755P

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

PIPER PA-18-150

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19570531

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A12ED5

Registrant of record

BRYAN EDGAR A II

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N1755P Piper PA-18 None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

PIPER PA-18 · N1755P

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

TANNA RIVER CAMP

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000018-4075

Total time

2,317 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

1,755

Age

56

Investigator remarks

LOG HIDDEN UNDER SNOW

Cause factors

64/C/15 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS Cause
80/C/BJ C
AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIDDEN HAZARD Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3840. Source file NTSB_1976_3_3840.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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